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1VI. VERNON.

TAG.

No. 329.981. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE lVIILES VERNON, OF BBOOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

TAG.

PEECII-"ICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,981, dated November 10, 1885.

Application filed April 16, 1885. Serial No. 162,433.

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Be it known that I, lVIILES VERNON, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tags, and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of tags or tickets for use on ready-made clothing and on textile or other fabrics, and adapted to receive descriptive letters, numerals, or marks indicative of the size,

quality, or price of the article to which the tag is attached.

lVIy improved tag is composed of a piece or small sheet of card-board or other suitable material, upon which the descriptive characters are marked, and a pointed book or pin of novel construction, hereinafter particularly described, secured at or near one end of the card-board, and constructed and arranged in such manner that its point penetrates the goods and clamps them against the under side of the card-board, so that the tag or ticket cannot be accidentally detached when once applied.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the tag, showing the mode of attaching it. Fig. 2 is aplan view Of the same. Fig. S is 'a perspective view Of thelower surface of the same, and Fig. 2& a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate thesatne parts in all the several igures.

A is a ticket, made of card-board or other suitable material, of suitable form and dimensions, upon which the descriptive characters are marked. lt may be rectangular or of any other desired form.

B is a pointed book or curved pin, the shank of which is attached (by punching or similar means) to the face or upper surface of the ticket A. I`he body 66 of this hook or pin is bent over the edge of the ticket A, and then extended rearward of the ticket at an angle to under surface of said ticket, and a portion, 1), at a suitable distance from its end c (which latter is brought to a sharp point) is bent upward and inwardly, as shown, so that its pointed end c will bear against the under sur- (No model.l

face of the ticket A. I`his hook or pin may be of wire or of sheet metal having some degree of elasticity.

If preferred, the hook may be attached at its shank end to the face of the ticket and its body CL passed through said ticket near the end thereof, as shown in Fig. i, instead of being bent over the edge of the same.

To attach the tag, the edge of the article or cloth (marked O) is inserted between the point of the hook and the under surface of the ticket, so that by slightlyl'pressing upon the hook its point penetrates the cloth and clamps it against the ticket, thereby iirmly attaching the ticket to the cloth.

It will be seen that any force tending to pull the ticket toward the edge of the cloth, as indicated by the arrows, Will draw the cloth farther along the book toward the bend cl, and thereby 1nore firmly connect the tag thereto, so that therefis no liability of its being accidentally displaced after having been once applied. If the ticket is accidentally pushed in the opposite direction, the edge of the cloth is forced into the bend or recess f and theticket thereby prevented from being detached from the cloth.

I am aware that a tag has been made having an open hook at one end thereof, said book having its point standing ott' from the ticket and about parallel therewith, whereby the tag is simply hooked onto the cloth, and I do not claim that construction.

I am also aware of the patent to Schwartz, No. 803,755, which shows and describes a tag made of sheet metal of considerable width, bent into U-shaped form, having inwardlyprojectin g prongs,and a paper covering on one side of the sheet metal to receive writing or printing. In this the ticket is inseparably attached to the holder, and such construction I do not use nor claim.

I am also aware that a tag-holder has been used which is composed Of two strips of met-al having gripping books at their ends, said strips each being doubled over to form longitudinal recesses in which a ticket is clamped 'at its edges, as shown in Patent No. 179,831, and. such construction I do not use nor claim.

What I claim as my invention is- Atag composed of a ticket, A, of card-board or other suitable materia1 and. an elastie or Spring-pin or pointed book B, constructed as described, and rigdy Secured at its shank at or near one end Of said ticket, the main body 5 of said book extending underneath the ticket toward the opposite end thereof at an ang1e to the plane of the under Surface of the same and having aportion 17, bent upward'so that its sharp-pointed end c beats against the under surface of the ticket, as shown and. described. xo

MILES VERNON. Witnesses:

A., J. WILSON, S. E. VERITON. 

